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What was a "garden" in medieval and early modern British culture
and how was it imagined? How did it change as Europe opened up to
the wider world from the 16th century onwards? In a series of fresh
approaches to these questions, the contributors offer chapters that
identify and discuss newly-discovered pre-modern garden spaces in
archaeology and archival sources, recognize a gendered language of
the garden in fictional descriptions ("fictional" here being taken
to mean any written text, regardless of its purpose), and offer new
analysis of the uses to which gardens - real and imagined - might
be put. Chapters investigate the definitions, forms and functions
of physical gardens; explore how the material space of the garden
was gendered as a secluded space for women, and as a place of
recreation; examine the centrality of garden imagery in medieval
Christian culture; and trace the development of garden motifs in
the literary and artistic imagination to convey the sense of
enclosure, transformation and release. The book uniquely underlines
the current environmental "turn" in the humanities, and
increasingly recognizes the value of exploring human interaction
with the landscapes of the past as a route to health and well-being
in the present.
What was a "garden" in medieval and early modern British culture
and how was it imagined? How did it change as Europe opened up to
the wider world from the 16th century onwards? In a series of fresh
approaches to these questions, the contributors offer chapters that
identify and discuss newly-discovered pre-modern garden spaces in
archaeology and archival sources, recognize a gendered language of
the garden in fictional descriptions ("fictional" here being taken
to mean any written text, regardless of its purpose), and offer new
analysis of the uses to which gardens - real and imagined - might
be put. Chapters investigate the definitions, forms and functions
of physical gardens; explore how the material space of the garden
was gendered as a secluded space for women, and as a place of
recreation; examine the centrality of garden imagery in medieval
Christian culture; and trace the development of garden motifs in
the literary and artistic imagination to convey the sense of
enclosure, transformation and release. The book uniquely underlines
the current environmental "turn" in the humanities, and
increasingly recognizes the value of exploring human interaction
with the landscapes of the past as a route to health and well-being
in the present.
The later Middle Ages in Europe c.1150–c.1500 can be viewed as an
extensive scientific laboratory, with scholars and other writers
producing texts that sought to define and redefine the human body
– in relation to its daily work and environment, and in relation
to God. This volume draws on written and visual evidence from the
twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, placing gender at the centre of
its enquiries, addressing the relationship between the human and
the ‘natural’ (including the non-human) at a time when new
worlds, new texts and new religious experiences were reshaping the
individual and collective relationship with the cosmos, and
challenging as well as reinforcing established hierarchies.
Accounts of specific communities and themes build to a
comprehensive picture of Jews in England C11 - C13. Britain's
medieval Jewish community arrived with the Normans in 1066 and was
expelled from the country in 1290. This is the first time in many
years that its life has been comprehensively examined for a student
and general readership. Beginning with an introduction setting the
medieval British experience into its European context, the book
continues with three chapters outlining the history of the Jews'
presence and a discussion of where they settled. Further chapters
then explore themes such as their relationship with the Christian
church, Jewish women's lives, the major types of evidence used by
historians, the latest evidence emerging from archaeological
exploration, and new approaches from literary studies. The book
closes with a reappraisal of one of the best-known communities,
that at York. Drawing together the work of experts in the field,
and supported by an extensive bibliographical guide, this isa
valuable and revealing account of medieval Jewish history in
Britain. Patricia Skinner is a Wellcome Research Fellow in the
College of Arts and Humanities, Swansea University. Contributors:
ANTHONY BALE, SUZANNE BARTLETT, PAUL BRAND, BARRIE DOBSON, JOHN
EDWARDS, JOSEPH HILLABY, D.A. HINTON, ROBIN MUNDILL, ROBERT C.
STACEY.
This book is open access under a CC-BY 4.0 license. This book
examines social and medical responses to the disfigured face in
early medieval Europe, arguing that the study of head and facial
injuries can offer a new contribution to the history of early
medieval medicine and culture, as well as exploring the language of
violence and social interactions. Despite the prevalence of warfare
and conflict in early medieval society, and a veritable industry of
medieval historians studying it, there has in fact been very little
attention paid to the subject of head wounds and facial damage in
the course of war and/or punitive justice. The impact of acquired
disfigurement -for the individual, and for her or his family and
community-is barely registered, and only recently has there been
any attempt to explore the question of how damaged tissue and bone
might be treated medically or surgically. In the wake of new work
on disability and the emotions in the medieval period, this study
documents how acquired disfigurement is recorded across different
geographical and chronological contexts in the period.
This book is open access under a CC-BY 4.0 license. This book
examines social and medical responses to the disfigured face in
early medieval Europe, arguing that the study of head and facial
injuries can offer a new contribution to the history of early
medieval medicine and culture, as well as exploring the language of
violence and social interactions. Despite the prevalence of warfare
and conflict in early medieval society, and a veritable industry of
medieval historians studying it, there has in fact been very little
attention paid to the subject of head wounds and facial damage in
the course of war and/or punitive justice. The impact of acquired
disfigurement -for the individual, and for her or his family and
community-is barely registered, and only recently has there been
any attempt to explore the question of how damaged tissue and bone
might be treated medically or surgically. In the wake of new work
on disability and the emotions in the medieval period, this study
documents how acquired disfigurement is recorded across different
geographical and chronological contexts in the period.
What is a face and how does it relate to personhood? Approaching
Facial Difference: Past and Present offers an interdisciplinary
exploration of the many ways in which faces have been represented
in the past and present, focusing on the issue of facial difference
and disfigurement read in the light of shifting ideas of beauty and
ugliness. Faces are central to all human social interactions, yet
their study has been much overlooked by disability scholars and
historians of medicine alike. By examining the main linguistic,
visual and material approaches to the face from antiquity to
contemporary times, contributors place facial diversity at the
heart of our historical and cultural narratives. This cutting-edge
collection of essays will be an invaluable resource for humanities
scholars working across history, literature and visual culture, as
well as modern practitioners in education and psychology.
A comprehensive survey of recent work in Medieval Italian history
and archaeology by an international cast of contributors, arranged
within a broader context of studies on other regions and major
historical transitions in Europe, c.400 to c.1400CE. Each of the
contributors reflect on the contribution made to the field by Chris
Wickham, whose own work spans studies based on close archival work,
to broad and ambitious statements on economic and social change in
the transition from Roman to medieval Europe, and the value of
comparing this across time and space.
What is a face and how does it relate to personhood? Approaching
Facial Difference: Past and Present offers an interdisciplinary
exploration of the many ways in which faces have been represented
in the past and present, focusing on the issue of facial difference
and disfigurement read in the light of shifting ideas of beauty and
ugliness. Faces are central to all human social interactions, yet
their study has been much overlooked by disability scholars and
historians of medicine alike. By examining the main linguistic,
visual and material approaches to the face from antiquity to
contemporary times, contributors place facial diversity at the
heart of our historical and cultural narratives. This cutting-edge
collection of essays will be an invaluable resource for humanities
scholars working across history, literature and visual culture, as
well as modern practitioners in education and psychology.
This book looks at family-based political power in three south Italian cities--Gaeta, Amalfi and Naples--and examines the ways in which medieval families can be reconstructed and their relationships with each other studied. It analyzes the changes that took place in these cities, particularly in the eleventh century, and their reactions to the Norman conquest of southern Italy in the latter part of the century. This is the first comparative study of the three cities and it is of special relevance to European studies of the early medieval family and state structures.
This text explores how political power was exerted and family
identity expressed in the context of reconstruction of the noble
families of the medieval duchies of Gaeta, Amalfi and Naples.
Localized forms of power, and the impact of the Norman conquest on
southern Italy, are assessed by means of a remarkable collection of
charters preserved in the Codex diplomaticus Cajetanus. The duchy
of Gaeta, like its neighbours, was ruled as a private family
business. An integral part of its ruling family's power was its
monopolization of parts of the duchy's economy, the use of members
of the clan to rule local centres. When the family broke up, the
duchy fell to outside predators. The three duchies reacted in
different ways to the Normans. Gaeta flourished commercially in the
12th century, and its unique political response to contacts with
the cities of northern Italy (especially Genoa) forms the final
part of this study. Dr Skinner also demostrates that the
socio-economic basis for power is as important as its political
exercise, and it overturns many conventional views on the workings
of early medieval power structures.
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